Collar button inserter



April 26, 1938.. c, j YUMQNT' 2,115,545

COLLAR BUTTON INSERTER Filed Jan. 15, 1937 far-$20 i atentecl Apr. 26,1938 UNlTED STATES PATENT QFFECE 2 Claims.

My present invention relates to collar buttons and more particularly toa button hole device in combination with a collar button in which thecollar button is clamped in the device and then entered in the buttonhole.

The principal object of my invention is an improved collar buttoninserter;

Another object is an improved inserter for collar buttons and the likewhich is provided with a split head in which the end of the collarbutton is held, and

Other objects and novel features comprising the construction andoperation of my device will appear as the description of the sameprogresses.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention,the illustrations of which are greatly exaggerated;

Fig. l is a side elevation of the apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 1 but showing the device inan open position either before mounting on the collar button or justhaving been removed.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, 10' indicates a conventionalcollar button commonly used to fasten the front of the collar to theshirt band. At H I have shown a hollow tube the sides of which aretapered outwardly toward a ball socket end generally indicated at [2. Itwill be noted that the tube I I adjacent the ball socket end 52 is splitat 3. The split 93 extends approximately half way toward the small endof tube ll. Preferably oppositely opposed slots are used although alarger number may be used if desired. Just back of the ball socket endand formed in the curved body of the tube material I have located agroove M. Also the sides of the tube between the bead l5 and the ballsocket end iii are curved, as viewed in the horizontal plain, but areround in cross-section. Surrounding the split portion of the tube H andprovided with a complementary curved surface is a sleeve Hi. It will benoted that the large end of this sleeve I5 is provided with a spun-overedge I! which when the apparatus has been closed over the head of astud, as in Figs. 1 and 2, seats around the groove M of the ball socketend 12. When the device is open the ball socket end [2 springs apart, asshown in Fig. 3. The bead it acts as a back stop for the sleeve 36 andprevents it from being slid oif of the small end of the tube H whenopened, as in Fig. 3.

In operation, a collar button, or stud, Ill is inserted in the ballsocket end l2 of the device and the sleeve 15 is slid forward on thetube it into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The small end of thetube H is now pushed through the button hole of a shirt or collar, theshirt or collar being slid back over the ball end on to the post of thecollar button l0. After the bu ton holes of the shirt, or the shirt andcollar together have been mounted around the post of the collar buttonIn the instrument is removed by pulling back on the sleeve 16, as shownin Fig. 3. The spun-over edge l'l on the sleeve l6 temporarily locks thedevice when in use but is easily released when pulled back. The curvedsides of the sleeve l6 and tube H reduces the friction required by thefinger of the operator when loading the device.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

1. A collar button inserter comprising, a hollow tube, said tube beingtapered, one end of said tube being split, the split portion comprisingtwo halves normally curved outwardly away from each other, the end ofthe said split portion comprising semi-ball socket portions, the saidsocket portions being joined to the said outwardly curved split portionsby means of a depressed area comprising a groove, a slide membercomprising a tapered tube slidably mounted over the tapered end of saidsplit portions adjacent the semi-ball socket portions, the taper of saidslide member also being curved outwardly, the end of said slide adjacentthe said semi-ball socket portions of said -split portions being spunover inwardly around the edge and adapted to engage in said groove whensaid inserter is in a closed position.

2. A collar button inserter comprising the features set forth in claim 1and being further provided with, an annular ring formed around saidhollow tube adjacent its small end being adapted to stop the rear end ofsaid slide when said inserter is in an open position.

CHARLES J. YUMONT.

